Charm

Museum number:
9-20430
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
20
Accession number:
Acc.4416
Description:
stone, jade (?), hand carved, polished; two tusk shaped, tapered, strained and one polished stone pendants attached by cotton thread; Width (charm) 3.7 centimeters x length 5.5 centimeters.
Donor:
Elizabeth Rees and Estate of Mabel Nelson Murray
Collection place:
Iran (Persia)
Verbatim coll. place:
Middle East, Iran attributed
Collector:
Mabel Nelson Murray
Collection date:
1924-1938
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Charms
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Charm, accession number 9-20430, described as stone, jade (?), hand carved, polished; two tusk shaped, tapered, strained and one polished stone pendants attached by cotton thread; Width (charm) 3.7 centimeters x length 5.5 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Charm, accession number 9-20430, described as stone, jade (?), hand carved, polished; two tusk shaped, tapered, strained and one polished stone pendants attached by cotton thread; Width (charm) 3.7 centimeters x length 5.5 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Charm, accession number 9-20430, described as stone, jade (?), hand carved, polished; two tusk shaped, tapered, strained and one polished stone pendants attached by cotton thread; Width (charm) 3.7 centimeters x length 5.5 centimeters.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Charm, accession number 9-20430, described as stone, jade (?), hand carved, polished; two tusk shaped, tapered, strained and one polished stone pendants attached by cotton thread; Width (charm) 3.7 centimeters x length 5.5 centimeters.

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